| === zmoylan1 is now known as zmoylan | ||
| czajkowski | aloha | 09:50 |
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| slashbel | good morning | 09:51 |
| czajkowski | hey hows things | 09:52 |
| slashbel | grand, how was paddy's day down in the london commuter belt? | 09:53 |
| czajkowski | was in guilford | 09:53 |
| czajkowski | just hung out and relaxed | 09:53 |
| czajkowski | it was lashing rain s hung out with the chickens in the garden and jon cooked dinner :) | 09:54 |
| slashbel | hope you at least had some barry's tea ☺ | 09:57 |
| czajkowski | I did :) | 09:57 |
| tdr112 | czajkowski: did you have the day off yesterday or is that only in Ireland | 10:05 |
| slashbel | tdr112: they would only get the day off if one of the english overlords got married or spawned on the day | 10:06 |
| czajkowski | tdr112: working day over here | 10:07 |
| czajkowski | but we get other bank hols that ireland doesnt get so kinda evens out | 10:07 |
| slashbel | not quite | 10:08 |
| slashbel | iirc england gets one less | 10:08 |
| * slashbel gets two more than the english (work gives me good friday off) | 10:09 | |
| czajkowski | I get good friday and easter monday off also | 10:09 |
| slashbel | aye, me too | 10:09 |
| slashbel | iirc the only bank holidays that england & wales gets but Ireland doesn't are Good Friday, the last Monday in May, the last Monday in August | 10:12 |
| slashbel | bank holidays we get but England & Wales do not: Paddy's Day, June Bank Holiday, August Bank holiday and Halloween | 10:12 |
| czajkowski | http://exastack.com/webcam/ chicken cam | 10:23 |
| ebel | Overall, England gets one less public holiday per year than ireland. But some public holidays are on differnet days | 10:26 |
| ebel | (e.g. the good friday example, august is a different one etc.) | 10:26 |
| czajkowski | yup | 10:26 |
| ebel | (Course, there are countries that get more public holidays than ireland or uk....) | 10:27 |
| slashbel | aye, we're behind the average and four weeks annual leave is not enough | 10:27 |
| ebel | czajkowski: is that your chicken cam? | 10:28 |
| czajkowski | YUP | 10:28 |
| czajkowski | one is in the hut aka berdcam andone out doors called runcam | 10:29 |
| czajkowski | I get 24 days annual leave | 10:29 |
| czajkowski | plus 4 days conference leave | 10:29 |
| czajkowski | it's weird working on teams where other countereiss seem to have a bank holiday at least once a month | 10:30 |
| czajkowski | some last 2 days | 10:30 |
| moylan70 | chickens laid eggs yet? | 10:30 |
| czajkowski | moylan70: nope but close we think | 10:30 |
| czajkowski | the red bit on top the comb is getting very red | 10:30 |
| czajkowski | jon lets them out in the garden to potter about when he's there | 10:30 |
| czajkowski | it's very odd | 10:30 |
| czajkowski | but they run around the garden | 10:31 |
| moylan70 | good way of dumping left over food chickens, turn it into eggs | 10:31 |
| ebel | do ye have them for pets? or for eggs? or for meat? :P | 10:32 |
| czajkowski | pets and eggs | 10:32 |
| czajkowski | they get picked up and cuddled daily | 10:32 |
| czajkowski | and they get really nice foods | 10:32 |
| czajkowski | and cd's to play with | 10:32 |
| ebel | o_O? how do they play with CDs? | 10:33 |
| czajkowski | they tap it | 10:33 |
| czajkowski | and kinda follow it about | 10:33 |
| czajkowski | same wth the lettuce at the bottom | 10:33 |
| czajkowski | it's on a string and they peck it and eat it | 10:33 |
| czajkowski | but with the cd they kinda tap it and it moves about | 10:33 |
| czajkowski | and the other chickens ta it and it swings again | 10:34 |
| moylan70 | my uncle kept chickens. his neighbours 'loved' him | 10:34 |
| czajkowski | they makes lots of noise when strangers are about | 10:34 |
| czajkowski | and then they get used to you | 10:34 |
| czajkowski | we *tuck* them in at night and close the door so it's not too cold for them | 10:34 |
| czajkowski | does mean getting up at 6am to open it so they cna go outside | 10:34 |
| moylan70 | with the increase in allotment thefts, are you not worried someone will nick them? | 10:35 |
| ebel | czajkowski: sounds like something that could be automated with a arduino/rasberry pi! | 10:35 |
| czajkowski | moylan70: it's in the back garden | 10:36 |
| czajkowski | walled off | 10:36 |
| czajkowski | ebel: I just poke jon :) | 10:36 |
| czajkowski | jut as automatic | 10:36 |
| czajkowski | trust me :) | 10:36 |
| ebel | heh | 10:36 |
| slashbel | most people don't mind the chickens… it's the rats that cause problems | 10:39 |
| slashbel | tis hard to keep chickens without attracting them rats | 10:40 |
| czajkowski | so far so good.. | 10:40 |
| czajkowski | there is a cat next door which came for a look about | 10:40 |
| czajkowski | and the chickens yelled at it | 10:40 |
| moylan70 | once you have birds and bird food you have mice and rats | 10:40 |
| slashbel | cats are evil though | 10:41 |
| moylan70 | cats are optimal at elimunating rats but not house cats. stray cats, meaner | 10:41 |
| moylan70 | misunderstood, not evil :-) | 10:41 |
| slashbel | try a little dog | 10:41 |
| slashbel | moylan70: cats try to kill me, therefore evil | 10:41 |
| moylan70 | jack russel, but you'd have to house it in garden, not a house pet | 10:42 |
| tdr112 | how many is there | 10:42 |
| tdr112 | 4 ? | 10:42 |
| czajkowski | 4 | 10:46 |
| czajkowski | 2 black and 2 brown | 10:46 |
| czajkowski | black ones are called Roast - it has a gammy eye | 10:46 |
| czajkowski | and perri perri | 10:46 |
| czajkowski | the brown ones are butterfly which is the smaller of the two brown ones | 10:46 |
| czajkowski | and the large hen which is a bit evil is called spatchcock | 10:47 |
| tdr112 | how long do they last | 10:47 |
| tdr112 | do they live for 2 years , 3 years ? | 10:48 |
| czajkowski | look a tthe cam | 10:48 |
| czajkowski | berd on the drnker | 10:48 |
| czajkowski | drinker | 10:48 |
| czajkowski | tdr112: hmm no idea his dad has them about 3 years | 10:48 |
| czajkowski | I'm not great at picking them up, you need to be firm but gentle and hold down their wings | 10:48 |
| czajkowski | as they flap about, but sit beside jon on the wall while he works away | 10:48 |
| czajkowski | so they are friendly | 10:48 |
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